| The Rule of the Secular
Franciscan Order All who love the Lord with
their whole heart, with their whole soul and mind, with all their strength, and love their
neighbors as themselves and hate their bodies with their vices and sins, and receive the
Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and produce worthy fruits of penance.
Oh, how happy and blessed are these men and women when they do these things and persevere
in doing them . . . [more]
The General Constitutions of the Secular Franciscan
Order
There are many spiritual families in the Church with
different charisms. Among these families, the Franciscan Family, which in its various
branches recognizes St. Francis of Assisi as its father, inspiration, and model, must be
included. [more]
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Divine Mercy NEWSletter 
September,
2009
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[more]
Read the Minister General's letter: Belonging to the SFO
For Spiritual Assistants
Statutes For The Spiritual And Pastoral Assistance To The
Secular Franciscan Order [more]
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Find a fraternity near you
The local fraternity . . . becomes the basic unit of the
whole Order and a visible sign of the Church, the community of love. This should be the
privileged place for developing a sense of Church and the Franciscan vocation and for
enlivening the apostolic life of its members.
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A brief history of Divine Mercy SFO Region
In the spring and summer of 1992 representatives from the
11 separate Secular Franciscan Provinces in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan began meeting
with a representative of the National Fraternity to start exploring the process of
regionalization. [more]
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